Labor scholars launch workforce strike, protest tracker
May 4, 2021 Although the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks labor strikes, it only reports on those that involve 1,000 or more workers and last an entire shift. That approach leaves out most strike activities – and it doesn’t track labor protests at all. Filling that void was the motivation for building the Cornell ILR Labor Action Tracker, a new interactive map and database launched by the ILR School on May 1. It measures U.S. labor strikes and protests involving two or more people, capturing a far more accurate picture of labor activity across industries and around the country. ...
Source: cornell.edu